Fight
Me
Rivers Edge Book 2
By Lacey Black
Release Date: December 4, 2014
Rivers Edge Book 2
By Lacey Black
Release Date: December 4, 2014
Jake Stevens has it
made. A local police officer with an open invitation to any number of
beds around town, Jake has no desire to settle down with any of the ladies he
entertains by night. After watching his best friend fall in love with his
little sister, Jake is certain that love and marriage just aren’t in his cards.
Heck, he’s not even playing with the same deck.
After Jake encounters a
blast from the past one night, he finds himself swimming in uncharted
waters. For the first time, Jake has found a woman he can’t get out of
his mind. The kicker? The woman wants nothing to do with him.
Erin Anderson returns to
the small Missouri town of Rivers Edge for a job after a twenty year
absence. Erin spent years loathing the memory of Jake Stevens for his
cruelness back in seventh grade. Now, Jake appears to be the same self-centered
player he was in junior high, and no one seems to be able to push her button
the way the cocky, yet devastatingly handsome cop does.
Between circumstances that
keep thrusting them together and Jake’s persistence to annoy her, Erin
struggles to fight her growing feelings for Jake. But, can Erin get past
the hurt she felt all those years ago at the hands of a young Jake? Can
Jake show Erin that what they have is worth fighting for?
*This book is intended for
an audience of 18 or older due to graphic sex scenes and language.
**Can be read as a
standalone.
Cover by Gin’s Book Notes
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Excerpt
We don’t speak the entire
ride back to my place. I still hold the melted bowl of ice cream in my hand
when he pulls into my driveway and parks behind my Bug. I have no idea what
he’s thinking. I’m sure he’s just dying to get this crazy, overly emotional
girl out of his truck.
“Well, thank you for the
ice cream. I guess I’ll see you around,” I say as I turn towards the door to
hop out.
“Wait,” Jake says. The snow
is coming down hard now and it’s hard to see my front steps. “Please don’t go.”
Jake’s voice is raw with emotion. He sounds almost pained. I don’t want to turn
and see his face. I know that if I turn around, I might actually believe
whatever it is he is about to say. “Please look at me, Erin.”
I take a deep breath and
slowly turn around, steeling myself for the reaction I know is coming. When my
eyes lock on his, I can’t fight the tears that spring in my eyes. His eyes are
so full of pain and hurt. It’s too much. I need to get out of this truck.
“I need to go inside.”
“Erin, I’m…I’m so fucking
sorry for what I did back then. I have no excuse for why I did it. I was just a
stupid kid who was trying to get a rise out of you; trying to get you to notice
me.”
“Notice you? Why would you
want me to notice you?”
“I wasn’t lying at dinner
that night when I told you I was trying to get your attention. I liked you.”
“So you humiliated me and
embarrassed me? Why? So I’d like you? Do you have any idea how messed up
that is, Jake?”
“I didn’t say it was
logical. I was a kid. A kid who was used to getting exactly what he wanted,
when he wanted it. I went about it the wrong way. I’m sorry.”
“Well, you’re sorry. Great.
Thank you.” I turn and open my door. “I’m going inside. Thank you for the ice
cream, again. Have a great life.”
“Wait!” he yells as he
whips open his truck door and meets me around the front of the truck.
“What, Jake? You’ve
apologized. You don’t have to be nice to me anymore just to make yourself feel
less guilt. I forgive you. You’re free.” I blink rapidly in the falling snow.
It’s hitting and melting on my face, my hair, my coat.
“Is that why you think I’ve
been nice to you? I’ve been hanging out with you because I’ve felt guilty for
what happened twenty years ago?”
“Isn’t it?” I quip.
“No!”
I turn to walk towards my
house, but Jake grabs my arm and spins me back around. My body crashes into his
like it’s being slammed into a brick wall. He’s a foot taller than me so my
face basically hits him straight in the pecs. “I’m tired, Jake. I don’t want to
fight with you anymore.”
“I don’t want to fight with
you either, Erin.” Jake strokes his thumb up and down my numb cheeks. His
fingers feel warm against the frostiness of my exposed skin.
“Then what do you want?” I
ask, my eyes pleading with him. For what, I’m not sure.
“I want…I just want…you,”
he whispers the last word as his full lips descend onto mine.
Author
Bio:
Lacey
Black is a Midwestern girl with a passion for reading, writing, and shopping.
She carries her e-reader with her everywhere she goes so she never misses an
opportunity to read a few pages. Always looking for a happily ever after, Lacey
is passionate about contemporary romance novels and enjoys it further when you
mix in a little suspense. She resides in a small town in Illinois with her
husband, two children, and a chocolate lab. Lacey loves watching NASCAR races
and should only consume one mixed drink because she’s a lightweight.
Lacey
welcomes the opportunity to chat with her fans.
Email: laceyblackwrites@gmail.com
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